Five USB 3.0 Flash Drives For Your Pocket

[Crashman]

Do you carry around large amounts of data? Do you need to transfer it between devices in a hurry? We're examining five new USB 3.0-based portable storage solutions that might fit your needs. This time around, the focus is on maximizing portability.

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[hardcore_gamer]

nice review..thanks toms

 

[tony singh]

Another proof of ever growing nature of techonology..

 

[rohitbaran]

The heavy-duty gaming hardware used for today’s test is coincidental, as it was already set up on the bench for an upcoming graphics test. It includes Gigabyte’s high-flying X58A-UD9 motherboard.

Which is the mystery card?

 

[rohitbaran]

BTW, I liked Super Talent Super crypt, despite being slower than OCZ and PQI, it is the size I would be comfortable carrying in my pocket.

 

[huron]

I know these technologies are more toward the "bleeding edge," but it's nice to know that manufacturers see it as enough of a market to start making products. Maybe USB 3.0 will make it mainstream relatively soon.

 

[Guest]

Would you be able to use the 128GB as a boot drive for win7 and how would they fall in price/performance between sata ssd and a VelociRaptor?

 

[justsayin]

Where's the hint on the upcoming graphics test?

 

[liquidsnake718]

can you play a game like crysis or even warcraft 2 well straight out of this ssd with a no cd crack?

 

[irh_1974]

[citation][nom]reclusiveorc[/nom]Would you be able to use the 128GB as a boot drive for win7 and how would they fall in price/performance between sata ssd and a VelociRaptor?[/citation]
I have been saying this to people for years, that one day you will have your whole PC installation on a flash drive. Just plug into a PC, boot from the flash drive and everything is there.

 

[bCubed]

Too bad it will still be some time before usb 3.0 will become mainstream and even longer for extremely good drives to come out

 

[MoonSaghar]

a cool drive

 

[Guest]

I've read that the SuperTalent Express drive runs very hot. Did you notice this, and would it be a problem?

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]jpaul_johnson[/nom]I've read that the SuperTalent Express drive runs very hot. Did you notice this, and would it be a problem?[/citation]
The big SuperTalent drive was warm, but I don't see that as being a problem. None of the drives were uncomfortably hot.

 

[willc]

Great article. With flash drives becoming more popular, it's good to know which ones are the best to go with.

 

[ghanz84]

Please share with us what's the file system used on the drives in this review(FAT32 or NTFS) & were they tested with the default filesystems that they were shipped with?
The reason for asking is cos the FS will affect the performance.

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]ghanz84[/nom]Please share with us what's the file system used on the drives in this review(FAT32 or NTFS) & were they tested with the default filesystems that they were shipped with?The reason for asking is cos the FS will affect the performance.[/citation]Yes